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'''Aversion therapy''' is a psychological behavior [[therapy]] which seeks to rid an individual of an undesired behavior by pairing that behavior with an aversive consequence.  The term was first coined in 1946.  It is an example of negative [[reinforcement learning]].

'''Aversion therapy''' is a psychological behavior [[therapy]] which seeks to rid an individual of an undesired behavior by pairing that behavior with an aversive consequence.  The term was first coined in 1946.

So if every time an individual went to smoke he was given a painful shock, or if his [[cigarette]]s had been laced with a substance that induces vomiting, those would be examples of aversion therapy. These techniques can be used in [[conversion therapy]], or to cure any number of addictions or bad habits.

So if every time an individual went to smoke he was given a painful shock, or if his [[cigarette]]s had been laced with a substance that induces vomiting, those would be examples of aversion therapy.

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